Notes from the Other Side #4
Are you worried about having enough money put aside for living on the other side of working for a living? So was I, and I suspect that nearly everyone is.
Here are my suggestions:
1. Save as much as you can, and invest it wisely. Do without a new car or a second vacation and put the money away instead.
2. When the time comes to stop working for a living, seize the opportunity. Go for it!
3. Don’t burn any bridges behind you. The momentary pleasure of telling your boss where to stick it will be long gone if you ever need to use that boss for a reference or a consultant job.
4. Develop a “sellable” skill that you can use after you stop working for a living.
5. Each year after you stop working full-time for a living estimate your total assets. If they are larger than the previous year, stop worrying, at least for another year.